题目内容
He _________(原谅) her for what she had said to him.
forgave
Time was running out, and Mark Dickinson wasn't sure whether he'd get to see his dying 2-year-old grandson one last time. A long line at Los Angeles International Airport's security checkpoint had kept him from getting to his gate on time.
His grandson Caden would be taken off life support in a matter of hours in Denver, Colorado, with or without his grandfather's presence, according to CNN affiliate KABC.
“I was kind of panicking because I was running late, and I really thought I wasn't going to make the flight,” Dickinson told KABC.
That's when a pilot from Southwest Airlines stepped up and held the flight at the gate until Dickinson arrived. The pilot was standing by the air bridge waiting for him when Dickinson arrived in socks, so rushed that he just grabbed his shoes at security and ran through the terminal.
“I told him, ‘Thank you so much. I can't tell you how much I appreciated that.’ And he said, ‘No problem. They can't leave without me anyway,’”Dickinson told KABC.
Authorities say Dickinson's grandson, Caden Rodgers, suffered a head injury after his mother's boyfriend threw him across the room. The boyfriend reportedly told police he was drunk and high on marijuana(大麻) at the time. The child later died and the boyfriend has been charged with first-degree murder, according to the Aurora Sentinel.
Thanks to the pilot, Dickinson made it to Colorado in time to say goodbye to his grandson. Most airlines would punish any staff member who holds up a flight, according to consumer advocate Christopher Elliott, who broke the story of the sympathetic pilot on his blog. However, a Southwest spokeswoman said the pilot's actions were praiseworthy.
“You can't hold a plane for every late customer, but I think we would all agree that these were extenuating(可以原谅的) circumstances and the pilot absolutely made the right decision,” Southwest spokeswoman Marilee McInnis said. “I don't think you could ask for a better example of great service for our customers.”
【小题1】According to the passage, which is the correct order of the following events?
a. The pilot held the plane for Dickinson.
b. People read the story of the pilot on the Internet.
c. Caden suffered a head injury.
d. Dickinson was waiting in line at the security checking point.
d. Marilee McInnis praised the pilot's actions.
A.d,c,a,b,e | B.c,a,d,b,e | C.c,d,a,b,e | D.d,a,b,c,e |
A.The security staff prohibited Dickinson from getting to his gate on time. |
B.The plane couldn't leave without Dickinson according to the regulations. |
C.Dickinson made it to see his grandson one last time. |
D.Christopher Elliott holds the view that all the airlines should advocate similar actions. |
A.The boyfriend of Caden's mother hates him very much. |
B.The boyfriend has been accused of first-degree murder. |
C.Many pilots enjoy writing blog. |
D.Dickinson had to take off his shoes at the security cheekpoint. |
A.an unlucky man from Los Angeles making his flight |
B.a poor boy being killed by his mother's boyfriend |
C.Southwest Airlines' decision not to punish a pilot who held up the flight |
D.a pilot holding the flight for a man going to see his dying grandson |
Young Jack moved to a new house. When entering his new bedroom, he saw that it was full of toys but it was tidy. That day he played all he liked, but went to bed without tidying up.
The next morning, when Jack got up, he found all the toys had been put back in their proper places. He was sure that no one had entered his bedroom, but the boy didn’t pay much attention to it. The exact same thing happened that day, and the next day. But on the fourth day when he went to get his favourite toy, the toy jumped out of his hands and said, “I don’t want to play with you!”
Jack felt surprised, but the same happened with every toy he touched. Finally, one toy said to him:
“We don’t want to play with you. You always leave us so far away from our proper places. You don’t know how arduous it is for us to climb back up onto the shelves, or jump into the box. We feel most uncomfortable and unhappy. You don’t know how uncomfortable and cold the floor is! We don’t play with you any more if you don’t promise to leave us in our proper places before you go to bed.”
Jack remembered how comfortable he felt in his bed and how bad he felt when he had once slept in a chair. He realized how badly he had treated his friends, the toys. He asked for their forgiveness(原谅), and from that day on he always put his toys nicely in their proper places before he got into bed.
【小题1】when Jack moved into his bedroom, .
A.it needed to be cleaned | B.he found lots of toys |
C.he brought lots of toys | D.he put away his toys |
A.because he always broke them. |
B.because he didn’t like them any more. |
C.because he only played with his favourite one. |
D.because he did’t put them in their proper places. |
A.difficult | B.easy | C.regular | D.useful |
A.we should have a good sleep |
B.we should be fair to every friend |
C.we should treat our friends well |
D.we should always keep our rooms tidy |